Producing A Publication
As part of their overall offering, some Societies like to involve their members in various writing opportunities, which can take the form of blogs, journals, magazines, and general publications. However, in order that all of these adhere to the law (particularly Libel and Defamation), we require that anything you do produce to be submitted to us first, so that we can check these things for you, and avoid situations where legal issues may arise.
As such, Student Groups aren't allowed to publish anything before this happens, so please ensure you follow the steps outlined below!
RIGHT OF REPLY
If what you're looking to publish concerns allegations against a particular individual/organisation, they should be given a reasonable amount of time to reply to before the publication goes live - see further details on how this works here.
For publications relating to LSE, you should reach out to the Media Relations team here, and for publications relating to LSESU, you should reach out to comms@lsesu.org.
If you're unsure on any of the above, please contact the Societies team at su.societies@lse.ac.uk.
COPYWRIGHT
In reviewing publications, our Libel Checker doesn’t check for image copyright, so it's your responsibility as a Student Group to be aware of this yourselves. In terms of general guidance, though, when it comes to using images as part of your publications, please stick to using only those you find through ‘copyright free’ websites like Unsplash and/or Pixabay, unless the images are actually owned by you, and/or you have permission to use them, of course.
Further information on image copyright can also be found here: Copyright notice: digital images, photographs and the internet - GOV.UK
GETTING Your Publication LIBEL CHECKED
The best way for you to submit a publication for checks is to write it on a live, editable Google Doc, so that comments can be left on there directly.
👉 SUBMIT YOUR PUBLICATION PIECE HERE 👈
Once you've submitted your piece through the link above, it will be passed on to our external Libel Checker, who'll look for any potential issues, and provide feedback / suggested changes as necessary. We'll aim to complete this full process within 5 working days (Mon-Fri), but understand that with some pieces you may need a quicker turnaround time, so if you make a note of that on your submission form, we'll do our best to get these sorted in line with that.